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	Azerbaijan - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site
		Azerbaijan (Azerbaijani: Azərbaycan) is a country in the Caucasus, in the crossroads of Europe and Southwest Asia, with an east coast on the Caspian Sea.
		The Nakhichevan Autonomous Republic (an exclave of Azerbaijan) borders Armenia on the north, Iran on the south, and Turkey on the west.
		The official language of Azerbaijan is Azerbaijani, a member of the Oguz subdivision of the Turkic language family, and is spoken by around 95% of the republic's population, as well as about a quarter of the population of Iran.
	www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=746 (1053 words)

	Leon M. Mil - Azerbaijan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Azerbaijan has an area of 33,440 square miles (86,600 sq km) and is bordered by Russia on the north, Georgia on the northwest, Armenia on the west, Iran on the south, and the Caspian Sea on the east.
		Azerbaijan was a part of the Russian Empire from the early 19th century to 1918, an independent republic from 1918 to 1920, and a part of the Soviet Union from 1922 to 1991.
		The republic includes two administrative divisions of special status: the autonomous republic of Nakhichevan, which is separated from Azerbaijan proper by southern Armenia, and the autonomous province of Nagorno-Karabakh (Qarabag), which is populated mainly by Armenians and was seized by Armenian bandit and military forces in 1992.
	userpages.umbc.edu /~lmil1/lmm_azerbaijan.htm (7070 words)

	Azerbaijan - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Strategically situated at the gateway to SW Asia, Azerbaijan is bounded by Iran on the south, where the Aras (Araks) River divides it from Iranian Azerbaijan; by the Caspian Sea on the east; by Russia's Dagestan Republic on the north; and by Armenia on the west.
		Azerbaijan occupies the western ranges of the Greater and Lesser Caucasus and the Kura River valley.
		Azerbaijan declared itself independent of the USSR in Aug., 1991, and became a member of the Commonwealth of Independent States.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-azerbaij.html (1143 words)

	Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan or Azarbeijan (Azerbaijani: Azerbaycan, Azerbeycan) is historically and geographically Eurasian and stretches from the Caucasus region, which is adjacent to the Caspian Sea, to northwestern Iran.
		Azerbaijan is the ancestral home of the Azerbaijanis (Azeri Turks or Azeris, amongst other names) who number more than 8 million in the independent Republic of Azerbaijan, and about 20 million in the northwestern region of Iran referred to as Iranian Azerbaijan, or South Azerbaijan.
		In ancient Azerbaijan the majority population before the 3rd century CE in the north consisted of tribes that spoke various Caucasian languages, while in the south Indo-European languages such as those of the Medes and various Eurasian nomads such as the Scythians were predominant.
	www.vugar.4mg.com /about.html (8183 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Azerbaijan is declared to be "eternal possesion" of Turks.
		Azerbaijan is divided and rule by khans in different regions of the country.
		In the southern Azerbaijan: Tebriz, Urmiye, Ardebil Khoi, Karadagh, Serab, Maraga and Maku khanates.
	www.zerbaijan.com /azeri/history1.htm (855 words)

	LLRX -- A Guide to the Republic of Azerbaijan Law Research
		Azerbaijan re-established its independence with The Constitutional Act on Restoration of the State Independence of the Republic of Azerbaijan on October 18, 1991.
		The Constitution was adopted on November 12, 1995 by the Referendum of the Republic of Azerbaijan.
		Towns in Azerbaijan that have the formal status of cities of the Republic are Baku, Ganja, Sumgait, Ali-Bayramli, Lenkoran, Mingechevir, Naftalan, Khankendi, Sheki, Kuba and Shusha.
	www.llrx.com /features/azerbaijan.htm (2822 words)

	Azerbaijan travel guide - Wikitravel
		Azerbaijan is a Turkic state in the Caucasus of Southeastern Europe.
		Azerbaijan includes the exclave of Naxcivan Autonomous Republic and the Nagorno-Karabakh region; the region's autonomy was abolished by Azerbaijani Supreme Soviet on 26 November 1991, but receives support from Armenia.
		Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the former Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term prospects.
	wikitravel.org /en/Azerbaijan (1172 words)

	Azerbaijan History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The North of Azerbaijan was at the time the terrain of Alban tribes, populating the South of Dagestan and down to the right shore lands of the river Kura.
		The flag of Azerbaijan was changed to that of the Democratic Republic of Azerbaijan, the official name of the country wa s changed to Republic of Azerbaijan, and restraints on the nationalist movement were loosened.
		In early 1992, the industry of Azerbaijan was operating at 25 to 30% of capacity as traditional economic ties with the former republics of the Soviet Union were cut.
	www.khocaly.s5.com /whats_new.html (6744 words)

	Azerbaijan - Government - Azerb.com / Hükümet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Constitution: Prepared by the 'Commission for draft preparation of new Constitution of the Azerbaijan Republic' under the chairmanship of the President of the Azerbaijan Republic, adopted on 12 of November 1995 by the Referendum of the Azerbaijan Republic.
		Issues relating to compliance with the constitution are under the scope of the Constitutional Court.
		As in Turkey, Azerbaijan also banned its Islamic party, arresting and sentencing the leaders to prison terms in 1997, on charges of spying for Iran.
	geo.ya.com /travelimages/az-gove.html (1046 words)

	Politics of Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan declared its independence from the former Soviet Union on August 30, 1991, with Ayaz Mutalibov[?], former First Secretary of the Azerbaijani Communist Party, becoming the country's first President.
		Azerbaijan has a strong presidential system in which the legislative and judicial branches have only limited independence.
		Azerbaijan's embassy in the U.S. is at 927 Fifteenth Street, NW, Suite 700, Washington, D.C. 20005; tel: 202-842-0001; fax: 202-842-0004; http://www.azembassy.com.
	www.fastload.org /po/Politics_of_Azerbaijan.html (791 words)

	List of subnational entities - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Administrative divisions of Azerbaijan (rayon), Autonomous Republic (muxtar respublika), city (sahar)
		Political divisions of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
		Administrative divisions - Political divisions - Census divisions - Electoral divisions
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/List_of_subnational_entities (238 words)

	Guba - Biocrawler (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Quba (also known as Guba and Kuba) is a city and a rayon in northeastern Azerbaijan.
		It is located on the Kudyal River at 41.37°N, 48.50°E. The fertile region surrounding Quba is best known for its production of apples.
		Abbasqulu Bakikhanov (also spelled Bakixanov or Bakikhanli), a 19th century writer, historian and philosopher, is one of most well known men in Azerbaijan and lived in Quba.
	www.biocrawler.com /encyclopedia/Quba (184 words)

	EurasiaNet.org - HRCA Report: Status of Civil and Political Rights in Azerbaijan in 2001
		Speaking at a seminar in Baku in early May, Azerbaijan's Deputy National Security Minister Tofiq Babayev claimed that a number of religious organizations sponsored by Iran or Arab countries are engaged in inciting domestic political conflicts with the ultimate aim of seizing power in Azerbaijan.
		Northern Azerbaijan and the Abu-Bekr, Shahidler, and Blue mosques in Baku were identified as the main strongholds of wahhabism.
		In 2001, Azerbaijan extradited at least two unnamed persons believed to be involved in terrorist activities in Egypt and three persons on similar grounds in Saudi Arabia.
	www.eurasianet.org /resource/azerbaijan/links/HRCA01.shtml (6291 words)

	Virtual Azerbaijan Presents - Azerbaijan's History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Azerbaijan has an area of 33,440 square miles (86,600 sq km) and is bordered by Russia on the north, Georgia on the northwest, Armenia on the west, Iran on the south, and the Caspian Sea on the east (See Map 1).
		The second NEH grant was for an annotated translation into English from Azerbaijani Turkish of a religious and intellectual history written by the leading 19th Century Moslem writer in the Soviet Union.
		Swietochowski is an authority on Azerbaijan, the former Soviet Republic, and has done research there on numerous occasions.
	www.zerbaijan.com /azeri/azerbaijan4.htm (7104 words)

	Facts About Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - was briefly independent from 1918 to 1920; it regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
		Azerbaijan has lost 16% of its territory and must support some 528,000 internally displaced persons as a result of the conflict.
		Several other obstacles impede Azerbaijan's economic progress: the need for stepped up foreign investment in the non-energy sector, the continuing conflict with Armenia over the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and the pervasive corruption.
	worldfacts.us /Azerbaijan.htm (790 words)

	Maps Of Azerbaijan
		Azerb.com - Maps of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus - political map, Administrative divisions, Administrative divisions.
		Azerbaijan (The Growth and Influence of Islam in the Nations of Asia and Central Asia) by GERALD ROBBINS
		The Map Machine - Map of Azerbaijan - From the National Geographic Society - The map features on this website are absolutely outstanding - These dynamic maps allow you to zoom in or zoom out, you can drag in the map to recenter, or to enlarge.
	www.embassyworld.com /maps/Maps_Of_Azerbaijan.html (717 words)

	Kurds in Azerbaijan (KurdishMedia.com) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		The works published both in Azerbaijan and abroad are also valuable sources of knowledge about the Kurdish inhabitants of these lands.
		The census established the size of Kurdish population in Azerbaijan altogether at 41,193 persons (21.280 men, 19.913 women), Besides 67 Kurdish residents of foreign origin were also entered in the census figures.
		Despite the policy of the communist regime to rename the settlements bearing the root “Kurd” in Azerbaijan over the 70 years, there are still the following villages and towns possessing this root in different districts of Azerbaijan Republic, all of them beyond the boundaries of Red Kurdistan excluding Lachin and Gubadly districts listed below.
	www.kurdmedia.com /articles.asp?id=13260 (1307 words)

	Administrative divisions. The World Factbook. 2003
		none (part of the Kingdom of Denmark; self-governing overseas administrative division of Denmark); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 49 municipalities
		none (overseas territory of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 3 districts named Ile Crozet, Iles Kerguelen, and Iles Saint-Paul et Amsterdam; excludes "Adelie Land" claim in Antarctica that is not recognized by the US Gabon
		note: the administrative centers of the 2 autonomous republics are shown in parentheses
	www.bartleby.com /151/fields/44.html (5016 words)

	Azerbaijan facts from ALS International (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Azerbaijan - a nation of Turkic Muslims - has been an independent republic since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
		Azerbaijan has lost almost 20% of its territory and must support some 750,000 refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) as a result of the conflict.
		Azerbaijan's most prominent products are oil, cotton, and natural gas.
	www.alsintl.com /countries/A/azerbaijan.htm (1202 words)

	basic info. azerbaijan
		Background: Azerbaijan - a nation of Turkic Muslims - has been an independent republic since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
		Azerbaijan has lost almost 20% of its territory and must support some 750,000 refugees as a result of the conflict.
		Corruption is ubiquitous and the promise of wealth from Azerbaijan's undeveloped petroleum resources remains largely unfulfilled.
	www.caspianstudies.com /basicinfo/basic-info-azerbaijan.htm (1168 words)

	Azerbaijan, country, Asia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		rbaycan, officially Republic of Azerbaijan, republic (1995 est.
		Aliyev was reelected in 1998, and his New Azerbaijan party retained power in the Nov., 2000, parliamentary elections.
		Russia has forcefully sought Azeribaijan’s cooperation on military and other matters, which President Aliyev has resisted giving.
	www.bartleby.com /65/az/Azerbaij.html (934 words)

	Azerbaijan
		Azerbaijan is less developed industrially than either Armenia or Georgia, the other Transcaucasian states.
		Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the ex-Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its long-term prospects.
		Whereas the economies of most of the former Soviet republics had begun to bottom out in 1995, Azerbaijan's economy continued to plummet because of its late start on economic reform.
	www.fortunecity.com /bally/waterford/96/azb.htm (1155 words)

	Azerbaijan
		Administrative divisions: 1 autonomous republic (avtomnaya respublika); Nakhichevan (administrative center at Nakhichevan)
		Azerbaijan accounted for 1.5% to 2% of the capital stock and output of the former Soviet Union.
		Azerbaijan shares all the formidable problems of the ex-Soviet republics in making the transition from a command to a market economy, but its considerable energy resources brighten its prospects somewhat.
	www.fortunecity.com /campus/art/224/az.html (992 words)

	Welcome to Azerbaijian
		Current issues: Azerbaijan continues to be plagued by an unresolved 10-year-old conflict with Armenian separatists over its Nagorno-Karabakh region.
		Economy—overview: Azerbaijan is less developed industrially than either Armenia or Georgia, the other Transcaucasian states.
		Production from the Caspian oil and gas field has been in decline for several years, but the negotiation of more than a dozen production-sharing arrangements (PSAs) with foreign firms, which have thus far committed $30 billion to oil field development, should generate the funds needed to spur future industrial development.
	www.middleeastnews.com /Azerbaijian.html (1150 words)

	Field Listing - Administrative divisions :: CountrySeek.com - World Information Portal
		note: administrative divisions have the same names as their administrative centers
		none (overseas lands of France); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 5 archipelagic divisions named Archipel des Marquises, Archipel des Tuamotu, Archipel des Tubuai, Iles du Vent, and Iles Sous-le-Vent
		none; there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 24 local authorities each with its own elections
	www.countryseek.com /fields/2051.html (5889 words)

	Azerbaijan Travel Products and Armenian, Avar, Azerbaijani, Azeri, Lezgin, Russian Languages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		One product specific to Azerbaijan is available in one category.
		Current issues: Azerbaijan continues to be plagued by an unresolved nine-year-old conflict with Armenian separatists over its Nagorno-Karabakh region.
		Economy - overview: Azerbaijan is less developed industrially than either Armenia or Georgia, the other Transcaucasian states.
	www.worldlanguage.com /Countries/Azerbaijan.htm?CalledFrom=211206 (1358 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Azerbaijan
		CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Azerbaijan
		This page was last updated on 19 March 2003
		Azerbaijan - a nation with a Turkic and majority-Muslim population - regained its independence after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991.
	www.faqs.org /docs/factbook/geos/aj.html (1253 words)

	Azerbaijan, Map and Flag
		city information and pictures about Azerbaijan with discussion forum, map, real estate and Azerbaijan population & photos
		Azerbaijan People - photos and pictures about Azerbaijan
		This page was last updated on 18 December, 2003
	www.greatestcities.com /Asia/Azerbaijan.html (1215 words)

	CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
		CIA - The World Factbook 2002 -- Field Listing - Administrative divisions
		7 divisions* (yin-mya, singular - yin) and 7 states (pyine-mya, singular - pyine); Chin State, Ayeyarwady, Bago, Kachin State, Kayin State, Kayah State, Magway, Mandalay, Mon State, Rakhine State, Sagaing, Shan State, Tanintharyi, Yangon*
		none (British crown dependency); there are no first-order administrative divisions as defined by the US Government, but there are 10 parishes including St. Peter Port, St. Sampson, Vale, Castel, St. Saviour, St. Pierre du Bois, Torteval, Forest, St. Martin, St. Andrew
	www.faqs.org /docs/factbook/fields/2051.html (5048 words)

	GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Middle East - Azerbaijan - Government Facts and Figures
		GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Middle East - Azerbaijan - Government Facts and Figures
		World > Middle East > Azerbaijan > Government (Facts)
		For comments and feedback, write to us at info@GeographyIQ.com.
	www.geographyiq.com /countries/aj/Azerbaijan_government.htm (510 words)

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